Field Maple
Acer campestre
- Flowering period
- April–May
- Nectar
- sehr gut
- Pollen
- mäßig
The Field Maple flowers in April and May with inconspicuous green-yellow flowers and provides a very good nectar value. The pollen value is low to medium; at that time the colony covers its protein needs better through willow and fruit bloom anyway. It grows in hedges, field copses and forest margins on fresh, nutrient- and base-rich loam soils and also tolerates urban climates. Because it often occurs in large numbers as a hedge plant, it is an underrated early flow right before the fruit bloom.
Sources (4)
- Bienenweidekatalog Baden-Württemberg, Ministerium für Ernährung, Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz mit Universität Hohenheim
- Bienenweidepflanzen für den Hausgarten, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Weinbau und Gartenbau (LWG) Veitshöchheim
- Bienenweiden, Hortipendium
- Filipiak, Walczyńska, Denisow, Petanidou, Ziółkowska (2022): Phenology and production of pollen, nectar and sugar in 1612 plant species from various environments